Pattern: The snappily titled "103-1 Jacket in Eskimo or Silke-Alpaca with A-shape and ¾-long or long sleeves", more commonly known as Drops Jacket. I added a slipped stitch at the start of each row - this gives a really nice neat edge. A Zimmerman trick, well worth applying. I also added a button because I felt it needed it.
Needles: 5.0 mm 80cm circ.
Yarn: Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Chunky very cheap from cucumberpatch.com sale page. The pattern is written in two guages, but I fell in between the two, so worked as if it were aran but cast on for a slightly bigger size (I've noticed lots people who've knitted this jacket fudging this way). It's 100% wool - and even the extra fine merino itches my neck slightly, but as a cardigan I obviously have something underneath. I can't really wear it with short sleeves for long though - get ikky rash on my elbows. Grrr for wool allergy because I love this yarn - so squishy and warm.
Buttons: Bought at John Lewis in a rush at a weekend, so I can't remember any details. I really like the dark wood with the deep red yarn.
Bad luck and photos aside, it's a great piece. Warm, a quick knit, reasonably smart. And I promise it doesn't it doesn't normally cut my chest in quite such an unflattering manner when done up. Neither to I tend to hide behind my hair when wearing it. So much for winter photography.
17 comments:
very nice! the color is pretty...the yarn looks smushably soft!
It looked lovely when you were wearing it in NY! Great job :)
Phenomenal colour, a great fit!!
This is gorgeous- I have been keeping an eye on this pattern for ages, and I think this is my favourite so far, a fantastic colour.
Looks gorgeous!
Very nice color choice and it looks great.
Yay! I like this a lot - nice color choice, and it looks great on you! Drops is up for nomination at SKC, so yours might be getting a few dozen siblings in the coming months.
i love it! each time i see this pattern knit up, i want to knit it even more :)
Oh yes! :)
It looks so good! I love this sweater and the color and buttons you chose are gorgeous.
It is gorgeous - I may try knitting it as well!
If it looks this good in the "bad" pictures, I'm sure it looks even better in real life.
It's gorgeous!! What an amazing colour. Great job!
- Julie
Your cardigan looks beautiful - which suits me well, because I'm working on the same model with the same yarn (from the same sale page :)). I'm wondering which size you made with your 12 skeins? I'm making the S with lots of extra-length...
(the project can be found in Ravelry, my name there is Nuttu)
Take it easy this is a perfect photo, don't care about it, on the other hand I think that jacket is beautiful it fits perfectly on your body because the jacket shows us you curved figure.
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